With five weeks already in the bag, the 2018 Asian Golf Awards polls has hit over 54,500 valid votes and this number is rising by the hour.

To be precise, as of 2:00pm Singapore time (May 8), the total number of votes cast stood at 54,277.

With seven weeks to go and watching voting trends, it already seems apparent that the final vote count will exceed last year’s record of over 104,000 valid votes.

“We monitor our computerised vote count on a regular basis and the counter keeps ticking throughout most of the day when we are around to witness the progress,” said Alice Ho, coordinator for the polls.“It’s really exciting to be able to see first-hand the keen interest that clubs in Asia are showing in promoting the polls and actively voting themselves,” she added.

The latest trend indicator shows that Thailand is back at the top with the most number of votes cast, with China and Vietnam trailing behind the host nation for the 2018 Asia Pacific Golf Summit which will be the staging platform for the 2018 Asian Golf Awards Gala Banquet.

The 2018 polls is the 19th edition in the series. “The final outcome of the Asian Golf Awards poll is determined by the number of valid votes cast during the polling period which ends on June 30,” Ho pointed out.

Success in the polls is based on the popular vote count with the most number of votes received in a given category securing the top award.” It is important to understand that this is a popular vote process and to do well, clubs need to organise themselves to try and obtain as many votes as they possibly can from their members, guests and golfers in general,” Ho added.

Last year set a new high of 104,000 valid votes cast.

The Asian Golf Awards is the only pan-Asia Pacific Award programme of its kind for the golf industry and it has established itself as both the “Oscars” for the industry and a very distinguished measure of excellence by which the industry measures its very best.